Structures Design Engineer - Advanced Concepts

As a Structures Design Engineer on the Advanced Systems team, you will develop primary and secondary airframe components for advanced aircraft from concept through flight test. You will translate requirements, loads, interfaces, and manufacturing constraints into practical structural designs and controlled product definition. This position will be based onsite at our South Burlington, VT office location, our Raleigh, NC office. Remote candidates may be considered for a hybrid role, with monthly visits to South Burlington, VT for in person work.

How you will contribute to revolutionizing electric aviation:

Develop primary and secondary metallic, composite, and hybrid airframe components

Create and maintain three-dimensional CAD, drawings, and controlled definition for structure, joints, interfaces, and installations

Translate requirements, loads, geometry, systems interfaces, and manufacturing constraints into structural design requirements

Support structural layout, configuration, and interface trades across airframe components

Perform preliminary sizing and hand calculations; collaborate with Stress to mature and substantiate designs

Design for manufacturing, assembly, inspection, maintainability, repair, weight, cost, and schedule

Support design reviews, product release, manufacturing, build, and test issue resolution

Coordinate with Stress, Loads, Aerodynamics, Dynamics, Materials and Processes, Systems, Manufacturing, and suppliers

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field

2+ years of aircraft structural design or related aerospace product-development experience

Proficiency developing aerospace hardware in CATIA, 3DEXPERIENCE, or a comparable CAD environment

Working knowledge of load paths, structural sizing, composite or metallic design, joints, fasteners, GD&T, and configuration control

Experience producing detailed CAD, drawings, or controlled product definition and supporting hardware manufacture

Ability to make sound design decisions, document assumptions, and communicate risks and interfaces clearly

Must be a US Person to be considered for the role

Above and Beyond Qualifications:

Aircraft structural design experience on wing, fuselage, empennage, control-surface, high-lift, propulsion-installation, or other airframe components

Experience with both composite and metallic airframe structures or supplier design packages

Experience supporting prototype build, structural test, flight test, airworthiness, certification, or manufacturing introduction

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

This role requires extended computer and CAD work and regular work in office, laboratory, manufacturing, and hangar environments. Occasional travel and use of standard personal protective equipment may be required.

The wage listed here reflects our best faith estimate for this role. We pay competitively and base compensation on a variety of factors including skills, experience, industry background, and the evolving needs of the role. We remain committed to fair and equitable pay and we're happy to discuss during the interview process.

Compensation

$105,000—$125,000 USD